Oldest Black Hole in Cosmic History
March 28 , 2024
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- Scientists have discovered the oldest black hole yet; a cosmic beast formed a mere 470 million years after the Big Bang.
- Observations given the universe is 13.7 billion years old, that puts the age of this black hole at 13.2 billion years.
- This black hole is a whopper — 10 times bigger than the black hole in our own Milky Way.
- It's believed to weigh anywhere from 10% to 100% the mass of all the stars in its galaxy.
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